{"id":32572,"date":"2018-05-28T12:49:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T19:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32572"},"modified":"2018-05-28T12:49:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T19:49:14","slug":"open-thread-5-28-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/28\/open-thread-5-28-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/28\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a lazy holiday here in the CatBox&#160; and finding the material I did was a struggle.&#160; The next few days will be seasonable so whether and when I have top use the AC will depend on when the sun hits the wall.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:48 (average 4:33).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-05-28-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PtBcrtpncJE\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwlHzGKZA-e2GeLMjIE51uw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font>EXPLAIN HIS RATIONALE (Parody of) You Can Call Me Al (9\/27\/2017)<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PtBcrtpncJE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Even then, the Fuhrer&#8217;s catalogue of lies was virtually infinite. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/valedictorian-bullhorn-deliver-graduation-speech-article-1.4012747\" target=\"_blank\">NY Daily News<\/a>: <\/font>A valedictorian&#8217;s speech that mentioned Marjory Stoneman Douglas students was too political for local officials \u2014 so he took it outside.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Bales used a bullhorn to get his message across during the Holy Cross graduation ceremony in Covington on Friday. Christian was outside the auditorium, surrounded by other students, as he made the speech.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mNkRVd4slwM\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/mNkRVd4slwM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Bales! We need more like him. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/white-house-stephen-miller-racism-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\">Share Blue<\/a>: <\/font>According to senior adviser Stephen Miller, the Trump White House has settled on a campaign stoking <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/trump-racial-slurs-motion-to-dismiss-daca-nicholas-g-garaufis\/\" target=\"_blank\">racism<\/a> as a desperate ploy to keep Republicans in control of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Miller made that admission in an interview with Breitbart [Breitfart delinked], the white supremacist website known for highlighting \u201cblack crime.\u201d Miller, among the most loyal of Trump\u2019s underlings, once infamously <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/in-despotic-declaration-trump-senior-advisor-says-trumps-power-will-not-be-questioned\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that Trump\u2019s power \u201cwill not be questioned\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/white-house-adviser-loses-his-mind-attacks-statue-of-liberty\/\" target=\"_blank\">attacked<\/a> the pro-immigrant message etched on the Statue of Liberty.<\/p>\n<p>Miller explained to Breitbart that lacking any strong, positive message going into the midterm elections, Republicans plan to use the criminal gang MS-13 as a boogeyman to scare up votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big fight this summer is going to be with the open borders Democratic caucus in Congress,\u201d Miller said, using a lie that Republicans have often used to attack Democrats. There is no such thing as an \u201copen borders\u201d faction in Congress; Republicans like Miller simply use the inflammatory term to attack those who are pro-immigrant.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">And the party of hate strikes again. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0529Cartoon-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a lazy holiday here in the CatBox&#160; and finding the material I did was a struggle.&#160; The next few days will be seasonable so whether and when I have top use the AC will depend on when the sun hits the wall. 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